After 11 months of distant-only learning, Orinda school children returned to school in a hybrid model that combines in-person and distant learning. Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through second grade at the four elementary schools and sixth graders at Orinda Intermediate School began classes on Feb. 10 with third through fifth graders scheduled for the following week and seventh and eighth graders in early March. (above) This was the scene at Wagner Ranch Elementary where students were welcomed by Principal Jim Manheimer and the school mascot. Similar welcomes occurred at all of Orinda’s schools where parents queued up to drop off excited students.
